antonym

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ant·onym [antonym antonyms] BrE [ˈæntənɪm] NAmE [ˈæntənɪm] noun (technical)
a word that means the opposite of another word
Syn: ↑opposite
•‘Old’ has two possible antonyms: ‘young’ and ‘new’.
•a dictionary of antonyms
compare ↑synonym

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from French antonyme, from ant- (from Greek anti- ‘against’) + Greek onuma ‘a name’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  opposite word, opposite
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  synonym, equivalent word